This Side of Silence is an anthropological examination of the tension involved in attempts to recognize torture, and the implications that this has for the types of perpetrator that can be held accountable and particular survivors that can be protected.

This Side of Silence
Human Rights, Torture, and the Recognition of Cruelty

Tobias Kelly

2011 | 232 pages | Cloth $49.95 | Paper $26.50
Political Science | Law
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Talking about Torture after the Human Rights Revolution
Chapter 2. The Legal Recognition of Torture Survivors
Chapter 3. Clinical Evidence about Torture
Chapter 4. Predicting the Future Risk of Torture
Chapter 5. Prosecuting Torture
Chapter 6. The Shame of Torture
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments